Computer and Internet History Timeline Assignment
Using Internet resources, create and print a timeline of key
events and people in the history of computers and the Internet,
including brief explanations of each item on the timeline.
ProcessUse Internet resources to research the events and people
listed on the handout you receive. Record the information you
discover on the handout, so you can input it later in the Timeline
Creator. Put it in chronological order, from the event longest ago
(#1) to the one closest to the present (#19). (HINT: If you don't
put it in order now, the Timeline Creator will not do it for you
and your timeline will be mixed up.)
Go to the Read-Write-Think Interactive Timeline Creator
(http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline/).
Begin by entering the Project Labels (as shown below) and select
Date as the Unit of Measure. Then click Next Entry at the top of
the window.
Type in the Date, Title, and a short Description for one event
and click Next Entry. (You decide the title for each entry.)
7. Enter the information for each event and/or person the same
way.
If, for any reason you realize that your timeline is out of
order, you may click Edit (on the right.) That will open a smaller
window, as shown below. Then click Order to change the order of
your entries. In the example below, entry 3 is 1989, but entry 4 is
1981. Click on the entry that is out of order (in the example, that
is entry 4). Then click the number of the correct order position
for that entry (in that example, it should be 3 instead of 4).
When you are finished entering all the information, click
Finished. In the window that opens, click Print.
11. You may choose vertical (portrait) or horizontal (landscape)
orientation for your timelin
